If you are planning a dinner date for someone special, consider dining at a casual seafood restaurant. Such establishments offer a surprising number of date night benefits, all of which contribute to a successful evening. Take a moment to consider these advantages before suggesting seafood to your date.

3 Benefits of Selecting a Seafood Restaurant for Date Night

1. Relaxed Environment

Formal dining settings can be intimidating, especially when you are nervous about your date. Rather than heightening your nerves, enjoy the relaxed atmosphere a casual seafood restaurant provides. It allows you and your date to feel instantly calm, so you both loosen up instead of feeling anxious, stressed, or nervous. 

2. Interesting Decor

Plenty of restaurants feature decor that complements the cuisine, and seafood restaurants are no exception. They typically feature a lot of themed decorations, such as a seafood shack-styled interior complete with driftwood, old life preservers, sailor’s rope, and other nautical touches that make great conversation starters. Enjoy pointing out decorations to one another to get the conversation flowing.

3. New Dishes to Try

Perhaps you and your date want to experience cuisine you have never tried before, such as crawfish dishes or surf and turf. Dining at a casual seafood restaurant provides the opportunity to try something new together and share the experience. Additionally, you can both try separate new dishes and share them. This will encourage conversation and provide an intimate setting at your table.

Take your date to Lolo’s Seafood Shack in Manhattan. This Harlem seafood restaurant serves a delicious mashup of Caribbean and Cape Cod cuisine. Find all of your favorite seafood comfort fare here, as well as a bar serving whiskey and bourbon. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., and enjoy convenient pickup and delivery services through the Chow app. Call (646) 649-3356 to make a reservation or view the sustainable, chef-driven menu online.